Earth from Above is a United Nations-supported ecological project conceived and led by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The project includes a photo essay-style collection...
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miles) above mean sea level (AMSL). "First Photo From Space". October 24, 2006. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. "The First Image of Earth Taken...
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Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one...
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand (category Use dmy dates from July 2024)
of humans on the planet. He is especially well known for his book Earth from Above (1999) and his films Home (2009) and Human (2015). It is because of...
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direction as viewed from above the Northern Hemisphere. One complete orbit takes 365.256 days (1 sidereal year), during which time Earth has traveled 940 million km...
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A medium Earth orbit (MEO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an altitude above a low Earth orbit (LEO) and below a high Earth orbit (HEO) – between 2,000...
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Chthonic (redirect from God of the earth)
cults. Olympic gods are understood to reference that which exists above the earth, particularly in the sky. Gods that are related to agriculture are...
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Space: Above and Beyond is an American science fiction television series that aired on Fox, created and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Planned...
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There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of 7,200 m (23,600 ft; 4.5 mi) or greater above sea level. Of these, 14 are more than 8,000 m...
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Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018. the low-Earth orbit (LEO) environment, defined as 200–1,000 km above Earth's surface...
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Above the Earth, Below the Sky is the first full-length studio album by American post-rock band If These Trees Could Talk. It was independently released...
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Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (redirect from From heaven above to earth I come)
"Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" ("From Heaven Above to Earth I Come") is a hymn text relating to the Nativity of Jesus, written by Martin Luther in...
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Moon (redirect from Moon distance from earth)
2% that of the Earth, and its diameter is 3,474 km (2,159 mi), roughly one-quarter of Earth's (about as wide as the United States from coast to coast)...
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Geostationary orbit (redirect from Geostationary Earth Orbit)
236 mi) in altitude above Earth's equator, 42,164 km (26,199 mi) in radius from Earth's center, and following the direction of Earth's rotation. An object...
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point with the highest elevation above sea level on the Earth, it is not the summit that is farthest from the Earth's center. Because of the equatorial...
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Elliott from Earth is a British animated television series created by Guillaume Cassuto for Cartoon Network. Produced by Cartoon Network Studios Europe...
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retained by Earth's gravity. The atmosphere serves as a protective buffer between the Earth's surface and outer space, shields the surface from most meteoroids...
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Elevation (redirect from Height of the ground above mean sea level)
location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential...
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Emerald Tablet (category Use Oxford spelling from March 2024)
converted into earth. Separate thou the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross sweetly with great industry. It ascends from the earth to the heaven...
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Israelites also imagined the Earth to be a disc floating on water with an arched firmament above it that separated the Earth from the heavens. The sky was...
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the rotation axis in space. Earth rotates eastward, in prograde motion. As viewed from the northern polar star Polaris, Earth turns counterclockwise. The...
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example, orbits at about 420 km (260 mi) above the Earth, and the Moon orbits at about 380,000 km (240,000 mi) away. From US Space Shuttles, which typically...
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Overview effect (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
effect is a cognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. Researchers have characterized the effect as "a state of awe with...
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just above the horizon, most distinct when the sky is clear. Since the angular sizes of the Sun and the Moon, visible from the surface of the Earth, are...
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astronauts are returning to Earth when their vessel is forced off course during re-entry. They struggle to survive after being cut off from contact as their capsule...
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Voh (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
of the 'heart' as the dust jacket art to his books The Earth from the Air and Earth from Above. Voh is also the closest large settlement to the enormous...
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the Earth's circumference by reference to the position of the star Canopus. As explained by Cleomedes, Posidonius observed Canopus on but never above the...
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League "As Above, So Below", an instrumental from Manfred Mann's Earth Band's 1975 album Nightingales & Bombers "All as Above So Below", a song from Hieroglyphics'...
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Foucault pendulum (redirect from Earth pendulum)
as an experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. A long and heavy pendulum suspended from the high roof above a circular area was monitored over an...
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Ionosphere (category Short description is different from Wikidata)
is the ionized part of the upper atmosphere of Earth, from about 48 km (30 mi) to 965 km (600 mi) above sea level, a region that includes the thermosphere...
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